Obituaries

FAIRFIELD - Russell Lee "Ike" Chambers, 73, of Packwood, died Saturday, April 14, 2002, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.      The body was cremated. Celebration of Life services will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 18, at Packwood Christian Church, with the Rev. Harlan VanVoorst officiating. Private family burial will be at a later date. Memorials may be directed to the Pekin-Packwood

JEFFERSON - Almyra Jenkins, 87, of Washington, and formerly of Jefferson, died Thursday, April 11, 2002, at Washington Care Center.      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, April 19, at Hastings Funeral Home in Jefferson. Burial will be in Jefferson Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials may be made to

RICHLAND - Opal I. Doolin, 84, of Fairfield, died Friday, April 12, 2002, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield, following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 17, at Grace Family Church near Ollie, with the Rev. James Cecil and the Rev. Dar Eckley officiating. Burial will be in North English Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Gould Funeral Home in

Edward O. Hendricks, 83, of rural Mt. Pleasant near Rome, died on Friday, April 12, 2002, at the Henry County Health Center emergency room following an accidental drowning in a lake at his farm.      The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 17 at the Weir Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant with the Revs. John Royer and Guy Sammons of the Rome Baptist Church officiating. Visitation will be from noon to

Florence Anna Haganman, 93, of Eugene, Ore., and formerly of Olds and Mt. Pleasant, died on Thursday, April 11, 2002, in Eugene.      The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, April 19 at the Honts Funeral Home in Winfield with burial following in the Winfield-Scott Township Cemetery. Visitation will be after noon on Thursday, April 18, at the funeral home with the family present from 6 to 7:30 p.m. A

WINFIELD - Florence Anna Haganman, 93, of Eugene, Ore., and formerly of Olds and Mt. Pleasant, died Thursday, April 11, 2002, in Eugene, Ore.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 19, at Honts Funeral Home in Winfield. Burial will follow at the Winfield-Scott Township Cemetery. Visitation begins at noon on Thursday at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 7:30

Lila L. Benedict, 55, of Osceola, died at 4:30 a.m. on Monday, April 8, 2002, at her home.      The funeral service was at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, at Chapel Hill Funeral Home with the Rev. David Klahr of New Creation Fellowship officiating. Burial was in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to the church.

TIPTON - Erma Joyce Regennitter, 63, of Tipton, and formerly of Washington, died Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at her home, following a sudden illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 12, at Fry Funeral Home in Tipton, with the Rev. Richard Boyd officiating. Burial will be in Tipton Masonic Cemetery. Visitation continues through 7 p.m. this evening at the funeral home. A memorial has been

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Linda J. Simpson, 61, of Bentonville, Ark., died April 6, 2002, at Northwest Medical Center in Springdale, Ark. Burial was in the Rogers Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Linda Simpson Memorial Fund, 2510 N. Walker St., Bentonville, AR 72712.

Virginia May Grove, 76, of Washington, died Thursday, April 11, 2002, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 14, at the United Presbyterian Church in College Springs, with the Rev. James Crapson officiating. Burial will be in Grove Cemetery in College Springs. Additional memorial services will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 21, at the